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== Location == | == Location == | ||
− | + | Around the back of a lot in Sde Moshe. Multiple satellite images all have an unusual number of cars parked there, so it might be a store of some kind, though there's no store listed at that address. | |
== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
− | + | [[User:Yerushalmi|Yerushalmi]] ([[User talk:Yerushalmi|talk]]) | |
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== Plans == | == Plans == | ||
− | + | Shacharit train to Tel Aviv, switch to a train to Kiryat Gat, take a bus to Sde Moshe. Walk to the point, walk back. Do the reverse to get home. | |
== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
− | + | Shacharit train to Tel Aviv, switched to a train to Kiryat Gat, took a bus to Sde Moshe. Walking to the point, it was clear that the area was agricultural rather than commercial - so I did what I always do in such situations, which is pull out my headphones and play my podcast on speaker so that nobody thinks I'm trying to sneak around. | |
− | + | I needn't have bothered. The agricultural buildings were all completely abandoned; contrary to the satellite photos, there wasn't a single car parked in the area. Unfortunately, however, the satellite imagery was off; the point wasn't actually in the parking lot but in the dry riverbed. And there were a *lot* of thorns between me and the riverbed itself. | |
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+ | I circled that portion of the riverbed until I found an entrance that was more gently sloped and had more rushes than thorns. The inside of the riverbed was thankfully thornless, so even though I came in from the farther bank (from the north) the point was much easier to reach. I was at the point before 10:30am, one of the earlier geohashes I've achieved. | ||
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+ | I had an hour to kill before the bus arrive, so I ate lunch and watched clips from *30 Rock* in a local park bench. Bus to train, train to other train, train home. | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
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− | + | File:20241029_104431.jpg | Looking into the riverbed | |
− | + | File:20241029_104433.jpg | Lots of thorns here | |
− | + | File:20241029_105117.jpg | Panorama at the point | |
+ | File:Screenshot_20241029_105104_Geohash Droid.jpg | Proof | ||
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Contents
Location
Around the back of a lot in Sde Moshe. Multiple satellite images all have an unusual number of cars parked there, so it might be a store of some kind, though there's no store listed at that address.
Participants
Plans
Shacharit train to Tel Aviv, switch to a train to Kiryat Gat, take a bus to Sde Moshe. Walk to the point, walk back. Do the reverse to get home.
Expedition
Shacharit train to Tel Aviv, switched to a train to Kiryat Gat, took a bus to Sde Moshe. Walking to the point, it was clear that the area was agricultural rather than commercial - so I did what I always do in such situations, which is pull out my headphones and play my podcast on speaker so that nobody thinks I'm trying to sneak around.
I needn't have bothered. The agricultural buildings were all completely abandoned; contrary to the satellite photos, there wasn't a single car parked in the area. Unfortunately, however, the satellite imagery was off; the point wasn't actually in the parking lot but in the dry riverbed. And there were a *lot* of thorns between me and the riverbed itself.
I circled that portion of the riverbed until I found an entrance that was more gently sloped and had more rushes than thorns. The inside of the riverbed was thankfully thornless, so even though I came in from the farther bank (from the north) the point was much easier to reach. I was at the point before 10:30am, one of the earlier geohashes I've achieved.
I had an hour to kill before the bus arrive, so I ate lunch and watched clips from *30 Rock* in a local park bench. Bus to train, train to other train, train home.